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I Support Atheism Plus!

Atheists plus we care about social justice.
Atheists plus we support women’s rights.
Atheists plus we protest racism.
Atheists plus we fight homophobia and transphobia.
Atheists plus we use critical thinking and skepticism.

#mencallmethings: “idiots,” “stupid,”

It’s funny how people get upset over mere words. Does Amazing Atheist joke about rape? Yes. Will he ever rape anyone? No. That’s all. People who don’t get jokes are idiots. People who understand that those are jokes, but think that those jokes are unacceptable, are also idiots, and I am personally sick of social justice warriors like those.
And Amazing Atheist like to makes those jokes because modern feminism in first world countries is mostly bullshit. It’s mostly about sense of entitlement of stupid women. Actual feminism is about fighting for rights of women in countries where women actually don’t have equal rights, like Pakistan. Bitching about jokes is not.

#mencallmethings

I see. So in an effort to persuade people that The Amazing Atheist isn’t really sexist or misogynist and we should give him a chance to explain himself, this person goes onto a woman’s blog and tells her that feminists are stupid idiots.

Also, this guy is an expert on who is and is not a real feminist — and feminism only and entirely means fighting for women’s rights in countries like Pakistan. (Ask some ex-Muslim women — Heina Dadabhoy, Hiba Krisht, Taslima Nasrin — what they think of this idea. Go ahead. Ask.)

I’m reminded once again of Lewis’s Law: “Comments on any article about feminism justify feminism.”

Comments

*Headdesk* No matter how clearly you make your point, there will be some self-righteous dumbass who thinks that somehow his mansplaining will handwave it away. I feel tired just thinking about how you deal with it. But thanks for your efforts, and your blisteringly concise arguments.

Why is it only privileged assholes that say, “words will never hurt me”? I don’t wish it upon them, but c’mon. They can’t possibly be ignorant of the proscriptions on speech for exactly this reason. Can they?

Alexander can’t hear me over the sound of his own misplaced fear. But this is for him anyway.

It’s funny how people get upset over mere words. Does Great Christina write critically about what people say on the Internet? Yes. Will she ever forcibly remove anyone from saying anything on the Internet? No. That’s all.

People who don’t get criticism are idiots. People who understand that it is criticism, but think that the criticism is unacceptable, are arrogant, and I am personally sick of defenders of hierarchy like those.

Greta Christina feels it is necessary to makes those criticisms because modern feminism in the Global North is still needed. It is now less about changing laws (although that component still exists) and more about changing people’s attitudes and breaking down the unspoken web of unearned, selectively provided entitlements. The basic goals of liberal feminism are still being fought for by women in countries where they don’t have equal legal, de jure rights, such as in Pakistan. But complaining about people who also work against sexist bigotry and de facto discrimination in the U.S. isn’t helping either of them.

sez alexander serbayev: “It’s funny how people get upset over mere words.”
Indeed. It certainly is funny, for certain values of ‘funny’, how some people got exceptionally bent out of shape over such ‘mere words’ ad Guys, don’t do that…